-
When you brake for
libraries.
-
If you get locked in a
library overnight and you never even notice.
-
When you hyperventilate at
the sight of an old cemetery.
-
If you'd rather browse in a
cemetery than a shopping mall.
-
When you think every home
should have a microfilm reader.
-
If you'd rather read census
schedules than a good book.
-
When you know every town
clerk in your state by name.
-
If town clerks lock the
doors when they see you coming.
-
When you are more interested
in what happened in 1695 than 1995.
-
If you store your clothes
under the bed and your closet is carefully stacked with notebooks
and journals.
-
When Savage, Torrey, and
Pope are household names, but you can't remember what you call your
dog.
-
If you can pinpoint
Harrietsham,
Hawkhurst
,
Kent
on a map of
England
, but can't locate
Topeka
,
Kansas
.
-
When all your correspondence
begins "Dear Cousin."
-
If you've traced every one
of your ancestral lines back to Adam and Eve, have it fully
documented, and still don't want to quit.
